Guru Walk of the CBD

Felt up to it the night before, so I booked a walking tour of downtown with GuruWalks. Met the guide at 0800 - a young woman named Dany. She has only been a guide for two weeks. She was quite good, although did not have the non-stop flow of knowledge a more experienced guide has. However, was a good walk. Downtown Nairobi is commercial only - there are no mixed use or residential buildings, so it is a bit sterile. Nairobi's sidewalks are also atrocious, and I was watching every step I took instead of looking around as much.

Nairobi was made by the British as a railway town, grew into the capital city of 5 or 6 million today. Dany feels the country is not doing well and there is much unrest among the young as unemployment is very high.Read more